This study analysed the 'on-farm' water use and water use efficiency of 36 autumn and winter sown wheat crops in Canterbury. These crops were divided into 7 groups based on their geographical location. Simple non-parametric ...

Owens y de Novoa, Catherine(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1980)

Less than 10% of New Zealand's annual requirement for dry seed of Phaseolus vulgaris is grown in the country, the remainder being imported from North America. In a population trial in Canterbury in 1976, Goulden obtained ...

Grass and legume seedlings were planted to form legume and legume-grass swards on north-facing hill slopes at two sites in North Canterbury. At Hunua “College Glutinosa” lucerne and "Grasslands Nui" perennial ryegrass or ...

Populations of Dactylis glomerata were collected from inland and high altitude areas throughout the South Island and compared with commercial samples. Two trials were designed to evaluate the effect of mountain climate and ...

The processed pea industry has grown rapidly in New Zealand over the last few years and prospects for further growth look reasonably bright. In the past the main production area for processed peas has been Hawkes Bay. With ...

Field beans are a very old crop, known to man since the Bronze Age. Originally cultivated in the Middle East and the Mediterranean regions, they were used for both human consumption and animal feeding, and later, cultivation ...

Pasture yield and In Vitro Digestibilities (IVD) were measured for Matua/white clover and Nui/white clover swards growing in Canterbury. Samples were collected at two weekly intervals over 10 different periods of regrowth ...